Dipa Nag Chowdhury is an independent consultant working on issues related with gender and women’s empowerment. From 2019-2022, she was Director Programs at the Population Foundation of India, a NGO head-quartered in New Delhi, India that works on population and sexual and reproductive health. Previously, Dipa was associated with MacArthur Foundation for almost two decades, with her last role being Deputy Director at the Foundation’s India office. At the Foundation, Dipa managed various programs and projects with a focus on reproductive and sexual health, maternal health, adolescent and sexual and reproductive health and girls’ secondary education. Dipa serves on the boards of the NGOs, Centre for Catalyzing Change, the Institute for Health Management Pachod and Naz Foundation (India) Trust. Dipa has Masters’ degrees in Public Administration from Syracuse University and Political Science from Mumbai University.